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// RELEASE HISTORY
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2026-07
FEATURELATEST
Perplexity AI Releases WANDR Benchmark
July 19, 2026. Perplexity AI released WANDR (Wide ANd Deep Research), an open benchmark and evaluation harness for research agents, built around 500 realistic data-collection tasks for knowledge work.
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// FULL RELEASE NOTES
›Released: July 19, 2026 — source: marktechpost.com/perplexity-ai-releases-wandr-an-open-benchmark-evaluating-research-agents-that-must-search-wide-and-deep
›WANDR is an open benchmark and evaluation harness for research agents.
›Built around 500 realistic, challenging data-collection tasks for knowledge work.
›Aims to test agents on wide and deep collection patterns at professional scale, such as competitive mapping, due diligence, and literature review.
›Complements Perplexity's DRACO benchmark for deep research, which focuses on accurate, complete, objective long-form reports.
›Perplexity achieved 0.447 soft F1 at the xhigh setting, with costs ranging from $0.03 to $324.83 per task.
›Highlights that discovery is a structural bottleneck and turning a usable page into complete evidence is challenging.
2026-07
FEATUREPerplexity AI Introduces Space Sandbox for Agents
July 15, 2026. Perplexity AI introduced Space, a new sandbox platform designed to provide stronger security for its AI agent, Computer, by housing processed data in a separate, secure area.
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2026-07
FEATUREBrain, faster Computer models, and website publishing
July 13, 2026. Perplexity Computer received several updates, including self-improving memory (Brain), faster Opus 4.8 Fast mode, Claude Fable 5 orchestration, mid-task model switching, website publishing, and per-model usage analytics.
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2026-07
FEATUREPerplexity Computer Integrated into Microsoft 365
July 2026. Perplexity Computer is now integrated directly into Microsoft 365 applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams, expanding its enterprise distribution.
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2026-07
FEATUREGrok 4.5 and GPT-5.6 Series Added to Perplexity Computer and Agent API
July 2026. Grok 4.5 became available as an orchestrator model in Perplexity Computer for Pro and Max subscribers, and the Perplexity Agent API added support for GPT-5.6 (Sol, Terra, Luna) and Grok 4.5 with first-party token pricing.
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2026-07
FEATUREPerplexity Computer — Hybrid Agentic Inference
July 2026. Perplexity Computer introduced hybrid agentic inference, allowing it to automatically split tasks between local on-device models for sensitive data and powerful cloud models for complex workloads.
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2026-07
FEATURESonar API Enhancements
July 5, 2026. Perplexity AI enhanced its Sonar API with additional developer capabilities and improved cost reporting.
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2026-07
FEATUREPerplexity API Becomes Full-Stack, Model-Agnostic Platform
July 1, 2026. The Perplexity API evolved into a full-stack, model-agnostic platform, now offering Agent, Search, and Embeddings APIs, with a Sandbox API for code execution forthcoming.
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2026-06
FEATUREPerplexity Computer for Counsel
June 24, 2026. Perplexity launched Computer for Counsel, an agentic AI system built for legal teams, available to Enterprise and Max subscribers.
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2026-06
FEATUREPerplexity Brain: Self-Improving AI Memory
June 19, 2026. Perplexity launched "Brain," a continuously learning context graph built into its Computer agent, offering self-improving memory across sessions, connectors, and files.
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2026-06
FEATUREDeep Research, Command Panel, and Enterprise Controls
June 19, 2026. Perplexity updated Deep Research within Computer, adding faster command access, forking, inline actions, analytics APIs, and custom credit limits, alongside new enterprise controls.
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2026-06
FEATUREDeep Research Integrated into Computer
June 11, 2026. Perplexity moved its Deep Research feature into Perplexity Computer, its multi-model orchestration system, enhancing accuracy, depth of analysis, and citation quality.
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2026-05
FEATUREPerplexity Computer Default Brain Switched to GPT-5.5
May 4, 2026. The default orchestration model for Perplexity Computer (Pro and Max subscribers) switched from Claude Opus 4.7 to GPT-5.5,
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